Charlie, an old friend of mine, went to the Reason Rally in DC this past weekend. He knows I’m “into Cthulhu”, in his words, so he snapped the first picture below and sent it to me. I thought it was damn funny, and my first thought was, “I wonder if that guy holding the sign is a Lovecraft eZine reader?” then posted it to the eZine Facebook group.
And… yes! Lovecraft eZine reader Dan Alban is the “Cthulhu Prophet”. Pictures and videos of Dan mock-protesting those evil atheists are below, and here is a news article about the event: Organizers had cordoned off a wide triangular area for protesters, but by 1 p.m., the only person in the protest pen was a young man promising that heretics would be devoured by Cthulhu, a fictional deity in H.P. Lovecraft novels…
Last, but not least, is a picture of my friend Charlie sitting next to PZ Myers.
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I laughed my noggin off – great stuff! Well, there’s some human sacrifices, too, but mostly believing and worshipping! LOL Classic! You rock, my man! Glad to see the atheists found the humour in it!
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It has been my observation that a lot of atheists tend to be fat, angry white men. Swing those verbal fists of fury, guys. Lash out with intense emotion at the enemies of “reason.” Huff, puff….
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This made my day, truly! Makes me wonder if a CTHULHU CRAWL might be something that could get organized for a future such rally…
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Dan is an old friend of mine, the silly bastard.
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Very cool. I’d love to have been there–a Cthulhu prophet AND PZ. That’s a good day.
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I had my picture taken with him! I was wearing a shirt with an octopus print on it. I showed him the W.H. Pugmire book I had with me and we had a very nice conversation.
I have quite a few great pics from the rally. Will post on my blog soon.
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The wife and I just booked steamship passage to Kadath, I’ll make sure and get a snap of the unhallowed pits where no dreams may reach. She can’t wait to ride the Shantak.
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okay, way funny…!
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This is why I am an Abtheist….I suspect that there are indeed Outer gods responsible for creation but they treat all life as at best an annoyance….worshipping them is as futile as any cargo cult and could lead to actually getting their attention…..a result we certainly should not embrace…..
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Hey, my wife, son, and I spoke with your friend Charlie in the Metro station as we were heading home from the Reason Rally. Very nice fellow, said he was staying for the convention.
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Yeah, he is a nice guy, I grew up with him. Did you know he knew me, or did you recognize his picture just now?
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I recognized him in the picture. Your post is linked from P. Z. Myers’ blog so I clicked it (like you I am also “into Cthulhu”) and scrolled down the page and into a delightful “small world” moment.
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Mike. Small world! Thanks for your help that evening. I wasn’t sure I was in the right place until I got onto the shady grove train. Then I knew where I was. This weekend was the first time ever on a subway system.
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Glad to be of assistance. The DC Metro is pretty decent, as mass transit goes. My only complaint is none of the stations are particularly close to my house.
Safe travels to you!
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Just curious, but doesn’t everyone get devoured whether they repent or not?
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There you go using logic…! Actually, believers get devoured first.
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But they thusly DON’T go insane from the madness abounding.
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GREAT job Dan!!!
BTW:
FSM will be eaten by EOD and Cthulhu Cultists…in fact that’s what I had for dinner last night. Wasn’t flying at the time, however.
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I feel saddened that there were none of the fellowship there to spread the good news of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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I think there were plenty of noodly appendages present regardless.
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Saw several pirate hats and a whiteboard poster proclaiming “The FSM never noodles kids.” I think Pastafarians were there in force!
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“Just believe?” — Dan: “Well, there’s some human sacrifice as well…” Hilarious. Great job, Dan!
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I didn’t repent for the TickTock Man, I”m certainly not about to start now…
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